title: Counseling adolescents about sexuality.
abstract: The nurturing of the adolescent patient's emerging sexuality can form the foundation for a lifelong ability to form intimate and trusting relationships. Teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, the consequences of teen sexuality in crisis, impact the adolescent and our society. Psychosocial developmentally-appropriate counseling in the primary care physician's office must be part of each visit. A nonjudgmental, empathic approach is instrumental in the prevention of adolescent morbidity and mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Tobias
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Ricer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods*; D019529:Sexuality